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"Just an absolute nonsense": Maxine Gay on the Warehouse's Red Shirts Community Programme

"Just an absolute nonsense": Maxine Gay on the Warehouse's Red Shirts Community Programme

"Just an absolute nonsense": Maxine Gay on the Warehouse's Red Shirts Community Programme "Just an absolute nonsense": Maxine Gay on the Warehouse's Red Shirts Community Programme, 11.67 MB
Thursday, July 20, 2017

The Warehouse and Ministry for Social Development recently unveiled their Red Shirts in the Community Programme, based on a pilot scheme last year.

Around 1000 young people will spend three weeks working at Warehouses across the country, to gain, in the words of Minister for Social Development, Anne Tolley, "valuable work experience".

However, they will not be paid for their labour, which has prompted criticism from FIRST union.

Producer Ben speaks to FIRST's Retail, Finance and Commerce Secretary Maxine Gay.